There is nothing better than spending a relaxing day on the beach, reading a book and soaking up the sun.
When I am picking my beach spot, I always have a strategy—stay far away from other people. I don’t want to invade their space and I don’t won’t to be bothered with their sometimes loud radios and incessant talking. Mostly I don’t want to sit next to a group of tourists who are going to feed the seagulls. (Actually the proper name is gulls, but I have always called them seagulls.)

Are you a caregiver for someone with Alzheimer’s disease, dementia, Down syndrome, autism or other brain-related disorders? Do you fear your loved one may wander away one day?

The Brunswick County Sheriff’s Office in association with the Pilot Club of South Brunswick Islands is reaching out to the community to get more people involved in Project Lifesaver, a rescue program for individuals with wandering syndrome.

A property appraised at more than $8.5 million in 2010 sold at auction for $660,000 Tuesday.

It was standing room only as more than 125 people packed the clubhouse at Brick Landing Plantation golf course awaiting the start of the auction. So many residents and potential bidders arrived that onlookers spilled from the clubhouse’s main room down hallways into adjoining rooms. Some even peered in from windows on the clubhouse’s back porch.

CAROLINA SHORES—A reported incident of simple physical assault involving the town administrator and deputy town clerk at Carolina Shores Town Hall last month is marked “unfounded” and “closed/cleared” on a Brunswick County Sheriff’s Office report.